Wednesday Morning Commute - Quasi-War

Good morning. FYI Women's World Cup semifinals today featuring USA vs. France. A rematch of the Quasi-War. Remember the Retaliation!

The Virginia Department of Transportation has named John Bolocek as the long awaited Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Planner. He officially begins July 11.

The Oregon Avenue EA comment period has been extended to July 29. At a recent meeting on this, one speaker in favor of option 4 (bike lanes) was booed. Much of the complaining appears to be about sidewalks - with one person calling them ugly. [That's just rude. Sidewalks are very sensitive, and they haven't grown into their height yet. In college, they are really going to blossom, and you'll wish you'd been nicer to them.] But widening the road for bike lanes isn't popular either.

If you want to go to a meeting and insult street elements [Tree boxes are lazy!] You can go to the public scoping for Broad Branch Road Environmental Assessment. This is the road with the damaged bridge that was replaced with a one lane bridge, where cyclists were then discouraged by being banned, but now they aren't banned anymore. "The project involves the rehabilitation of Broad Branch Road between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive, NW. The proposed improvements are to address current infrastructure deficiencies as well as community and safety concerns." If you'd like to see more consideration for cyclists in this corridor, you can show up tonight from 6:30-8:30pm at Chevy Chase Community Center.

DDOT has signed off on the Walmart site at New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road. But not after insisting on '"a complete overhaul of all streetscape facilities" including sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrian signals, and bike lanes around the site.' and moving the Capital Bikeshare station from the north end to the center for better access.

The Marvin Gaye Park Trail will not run right through the middle of Peanut Park (pictured)."the bike path that cuts through the park is lined with white, reclaimed wooden porch columns, which highlights the community’s front porch culture."

More coverage of WABA's proposed legislation against aggressive driver behavior directed toward cyclists. AAA's John Townsend is interviewed, but plays it safe.

From the Post "a woman on a bicycle was seriously injured about 4:30 p.m. in a collision on Georgia Avenue that involved three cars. The woman was taken to a hospital after the incident near Otis Street NW."